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sarbanes oxley act summary Ensure Compliancy with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Introduction The US Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 was established to protect investors from the potential for fraudulent accounting. After the exposure of several corporate scandals, such as the Enron and WorldCom affairs, the US government was compelled to pass legislation ensuring accurate financial reporting and auditing from organizations publicly traded in the United States. SOX affects any public corporation competing in the American marketplace. As

Although its service-oriented architecture-based platform and enterprise solutions will not likely be "all things to all people" any time soon, Oracle might be showing its ability to further develop its own enterprise infrastructure and applications via a blitz acquisition of a Collaxa, a small and focused vendor, despite its unwavering appetite for direct, large competitors.

Organizations cannot achieve Sarbanes-Oxley compliance without the proper tools. But once these tools have been obtained, compliance becomes an opportunity for organizations to reevaluate their business practices and grow. Microsoft Dynamics NAV is a powerful ally in compliance efforts, and can give organizations the extra controls and review tools they need to help reach compliance and improve their organizational capacity.

Are you moving beyond the need to comply with legislation like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), to focus instead on driving sustainability and control in your processes? Do you have an initiative to support the fast close—or does your ability to complete your accounting cycles and close your books need a boost? Learn about technology and a methodology that can help you deal with the intercompany reconciliation challenge.

Companies can get the latest on supply chain management trends—from inventory management, forecasting, and sales and operations planning—at the annual APICS Conference and Expo’s seminars and presentations. A summary of the 2009 expo explains what you might have missed.

By determinedly executing a number of both prudent and bold initiatives, including some that encroach into the new frontiers of enterprise applications (such as business process management and business activity monitoring), Exact Software may have gotten the wherewithal to almost be reckoned with uniformly (i.e., One Exact) on a global scale by all earnest enterprise mid-market contenders.

Bill 168 was enacted and passed on December 15, 2009 in Ontario (Canada). It addresses violence and harassment issues in the workplace, and the bringing of domestic violence into the sphere of work. This document outlines steps employers must take to comply with Bill 168.

SSA Global seems to be doing some proper thinking while continuing to acquire new software companies. Recent unification of its broadening collection of supply chain management (SCM) solutions under the SSA SCM brand and formation of a specialized Strategic Solutions division--which also includes other extended enterprise capabilities, such as customer relationship management (CRM), product lifecycle management ([PLM), and more—are both aimed at nurturing existing customers while attracting new prospects with products that exceed far beyond mere enterprise resource planning (ERP) capabilities.

Glovia continues to provide astute solutions for manufacturers and service companies well beyond core ERP. Although, bundled with Fujitsu's Interstage infrastructure platform, low brand recognition outside Japan and nascent channel and traction for multiple products within the Fujitsu products' family will remain hurdles it must surmount. However, through a new partnership with Fujitsu Software Corporation and the backing of a resplendent and committed company, Fujitsu Limited, Glovia is now poised for a noticeable return.

The US Safe Port Act is the most comprehensive step yet taken toward transitioning voluntary supply chain security programs into actual requirements for US importers, their foreign vendors, and every entity in between. While this should increase security, someone will have to bear the costs. That’s why understanding the current discussion is critical to evaluating the impact on your business.